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Considering man walked on the moon for the first time in 1969, we had to figure anything could happen that year. And it did later that baseball season. The Mets, hapless and helpless for all those years, won the World Series. Just like the moonwalk, it was amazin'. A check of our area major league teams on July 20, 1969, brought back memories, for those older than 50, anyway. Any younger and it simply might be a history lesson, but one filled with great baseball names. •The Mets played a doubleheader that day, typical of the game back then, splitting with the Expos in Montreal. The Expos won 3-2 in the first game as Gary Waslewski went nine innings and allowed five hits....

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